The Sphere Magazine
To download a copy of the Sphere click on the links below
March 2021 click for a PDF version or here for a flip book version
February 2021 click for a PDF version or here for a flip book version
December 2020 click for a PDF version or here for a flip book version
November 2020 click for a PDF version or here for a flip book version
October 2020 click for a PDF version or here for a flip book version
This is a fund of local information and items of interest from our local villages: Alfrick with Lulsley, Suckley and Longley Green, and Leigh and Bransford including Leigh Sinton. Dates for forthcoming events at the local village halls can be found together with some from further afield. Local organisations’ regular activities are also featured such as schools, scouts and guides, Citizen Advice, art groups, the local historical society, WIs, the Community Shop and Café and local Parish Council updates. Church services and activities are included, together with a monthly missive from the team vicar.
The magazine includes over 100 advertisers (currently with a waiting list) representing dog walkers to drone services; electricians, plumbers, chimney sweeps and builders.
Local hotels, restaurants and caterers are featured, together with pest controllers, washing machine and electrical goods’ repairers plus sewing services. Altogether, there
is a whole gamut of useful contacts for those jobs which need doing professionally. The circulation of the magazine is currently about 750.
The Sphere Magazine: The Future
The Sphere is edited and usually printed, collated, and distributed by a small group of willing volunteers. This process has worked well over the years, until the present
pandemic, since when it has not been possible to produce paper copies in our usual way. Hence, digital publishing options have been explored and since June 2020 the
magazine has been posted on the parish community website at:
It has now been decided that from the Easter (April) 2021 edition the magazine will be printed professionally for us, rather than reverting to production in the vestry of Alfrick
Church (even if open by then). This will of course be dependent on any Covid requirements and the ability (and willingness) of the veritable ‘army’ of volunteers who
deliver the monthly copies to individual households.
There is, of course, an inevitable downside in that professional production costs more than our amateur efforts, however, we hope you will agree the magazine will still provide excellent value for money. The price of an annual subscription will therefore be increased from £5.00 to £6.00 per annum, whether received as a printed copy through your letterbox, or by email. Postal subscriptions can be arranged at £23.00pa (postage has significantly increased recently) or spare copies are usually available in the village churches free, or for £1.00 per copy in Alfrick Village Shop. Annual subscriptions will be
requested, and collected by distributors, during the summer of 2021.
New subscribers are always welcome and if you would like to subscribe then please
contact: David Fowler, tel: 01886 884690; email ![]()
dwfowlerosh@gmail.com
Aspects of Alfrick – Open Gardens
We wanted to let you know that up until the ‘lockdown’, plans were in place to have Aspects of
Alfrick Open Gardens 2020. As events progressed with COVID 19 it became clear that this would not
be possible and we took the decision not to run.
Thank you to our open gardeners who had indicated that they were available to open this year, it is a
shame that our visitors will not get to see the great work that they have put in to prepare their
gardens. We will keep the government guidance under review so that any future dated event, which
we would hope will be in 2021, will ensure the safety of our open gardeners, volunteers and visitors.
If your garden has blossomed during lockdown and you would be interested in opening your garden
in the future, to help raise money for charity, please contact :
Bridget Lewis 01886 832659 or email ![]()
AspectsofAlfrick@outlook.com
The 2019 event again was very successful, read the organisers report